Just a little confusion

Can't say I own anything so... yeah

Penny woke as the third Lord of the Rings movie was ending. Actually, if she was completely truthful, she snorted herself awake from snoring as Leonard's foot fell from the coffee table. He was fast asleep. Penny turned on the couch to look at her fiancé and saw that his head was back and to the side, his mouth was open and a small stream of drool was trailing down his jaw. The sight was just too precious. She immediately giggled which woke him up and he immediately gagged and jerked his head up on his stiffened neck.

Leonard fluttered his eyes open as he reached up with his free hand to grab the back of his neck. "Geez… what… ouchhh…" Just then, Penny moved releasing his other arm which she was leaning against and had fallen asleep. The sudden rush of blood through the tissues immediately caused his arm to feel like it was being stuck with a thousand pins and needles. "Crap… crap… crap…" Leonard started to flex his hand and move his arm as he simultaneously choked on some saliva.

All the while, Penny had sat up and watched the fiasco, ever so amused at the sounds and what could only be described as the flailing about of the man she loved. "Sweetie… Sweetie… let me help…" Penny quickly grabbed a tissue from the coffee table and wiped Leonard's chin. She then rubbed his arm to get the circulation to where it didn't hurt quite so much. Finally she took off the misplaced glasses on his face and placed a tender kiss on his lips.

Leonard came around quickly at that point and smiled up at his beautiful blonde fiancée. "Are the movies over?"

Penny laughed. "I have absolutely no idea, but we should probably get to bed. It'll be a lot more comfortable in the bedroom".

Leonard followed Penny as she held out her hand. They got to the bed and Leonard smiled slyly. "So… how would you like to go on a little Love Quest?"

Penny shrugged. "Sweetie… not tonight… we may have just slept through your EXCITING movies… but I just want to cuddle…" Penny was still thinking about the affection experiment she tried to take with Sheldon.

Leonard was clearly disappointed as he shed his pants and hoodie, getting down to his t-shirt, boxers and socks, then climbing under the covers. Penny could see the disappointment. "Okay… how about this… we snuggle naked…"

Leonard smiled and pulled his t-shirt over his head. Penny did the same and dispatched her bra, shorts and panties as Leonard looked on. As Leonard reached down to remove his boxers and socks, Penny raised the covers to get into bed, clearly seeing that Leonard was more than ready for action. "Aww Sweetie… I'm sorry…" Penny then got into bed and pulled the covers up around her shoulder and reached behind her to pull Leonard's arm around her. Leonard snuggled up close feeling the warm smooth skin of Penny's back and behind. There was little he could do to calm himself down. Penny felt Leonard's arousal in a very sensitive spot behind her and Leonard fondled Penny's breast as she held his hand to her chest. Penny could feel Leonard's slight hip movement, and it was hard to resist. Penny could feel her own heart rate increasing and she could feel the telltale signs of arousal deep within her center. Penny turned to face Leonard and ran her hands through his hair kissing him deeply as he held her hips pulling her closer. Penny broke the kiss as Leonard's hips neared hers and reached into the nightstand for a condom. Panting, Penny sat across Leonard's lap and placed it on him. She then repositioned herself on him but denying him his target. Leonard reached up to fondle her breasts as Penny moved her hips along his manhood, each of them moaning in pleasure. Penny swiveled her hips to enhance her exposure to Leonard. She quickly became more aroused, which made her movements much easier. Penny proceeded to give Leonard what she considered a modified lap dance, each enjoying the naked closeness of their partner. The movements of Penny's hips on and along him were more than Leonard could bear. Penny leaned slightly forward grinding her most sensitive spot along him. Leonard could feel himself getting close. He reached up and began to flick at her erect nipples. Penny immediately quickened her hips as Leonard bore down grabbing her hips and holding her tighter to him, attempting again to couple with her. Penny denied him but quickened her movement increasing the friction between their bodies. Penny hadn't done this type of thing to a boy since High School, and usually they were fully clothed. The effect usually left the boy satisfied but with his own little mess to deal with. THIS, however, was extremely stimulating for them both. Penny could feel Leonard starting to breathe heavy. Her efforts were also making her start to slightly perspire. She could feel the glistening smooth movements between them. Leonard grabbed Penny's ass hard, pulling her closer to him as Penny bucked her hips hard. They reached climax at the same time, Penny leaning forward to enhance their closeness as they could feel the rhythmic contractions of each other's muscles… separate yet together.

Leonard disposed of the condom as Penny turned waiting to be spooned again. It was her most favorite thing. Leonard put his arm around her waist and pulled her close falling asleep quickly after gently kissing Penny on her smooth bare shoulder. Penny laid there thinking, wondering if she hadn't cheated just a little.

Penny woke up feeling a bit cool. She was missing the feeling of Leonard snuggled up to her bare back. It was true that she had begged off sex the night before, but she couldn't help but be in bed with Leonard nakedly spooning her from behind. It was one of her favorite things and he fit behind her so well.

She thought back to the night before.

"What am I doing? I love Leonard and I didn't want to have sex with him. All I have been thinking about lately is that stupid experiment with Sheldon. Sure I feel closer to him than before… but it's not love… not like I love Leonard… I mean maybe like a brother… yeah that's it… that's what I told him anyway… For the love of GOD! this is REDICULOUS! I love Leonard and that's all there is to it."

Penny then could smell the unmistaken aroma of freshly brewed coffee coming from the kitchen. She got out of bed and threw her robe over her naked body and went to find the source of the delightful smell. She found Leonard in the kitchen taking some pancakes off the stove and placing them on two plates with coffee next to them.

Leonard looked up. "Morning Love Bug."

Penny smiled and sidled over to gently kiss Leonard on the cheek and took her coffee, then take a seat on one of the bar stools. "morning Sweetie… this looks delicious."

Leonard smiled as he took the seat next to her and sipped his own coffee. "Just my way of thanking you for last night".

Penny choked a little on her coffee. "Thank me for what? We just cuddled naked… It's not like we never did that before".

Leonard smiled and nudged her shoulder. "Not the cuddling… although naked cuddling with you is one of my favorite things… I mean before… that was kind of amazing… I never did it like that before."

Penny was a little uncomfortable. "Yeah… that was new… I mean I did give a few guys a dry hump in High School once in a while… but never naked… and I never was satisfied like that…" Penny leaned over and gave Leonard a kiss.

Leonard sipped his coffee and took a bite of pancake. "Never? I would have thought you had some experience there… you were wild… I thought we were just gonna have regular sex… when you got the condom, but when you wouldn't let me… you know… I didn't really understand where you were headed… then you just… WOW…"

Penny didn't want to hear how she denied her fiancé the most intimate experience two people could have so she tried to change the subject. "Yeah… well don't get used to it… that was just something to try".

Leonard thought there was a bit of attitude in her response. "Hey, I didn't mean anything by it… I'm good with what we do regularly… I just thought it was different… in a good way…"

Penny sighed. "Sweetie… I'm sorry… I love it when we have sex… you know that right? It's just last night… I don't know… I wanted to be with you… but I didn't want to… Uggghhh… let's just let it go… please? Maybe tonight… I don't know."

Leonard frowned. "Penny… is something wrong? You have been a little weird since that experiment with Sheldon… Last night was the closest we've come to …"

Penny got off the stool and went to the couch. "Leonard… please let it go".

Leonard turned to her. "Is there something going on because of the experiment?"

Penny was completely taken aback by Leonard's question. "WHAT? Are you SERIOUS? Me and SHELDON? SHELDON… your roommate… tall… thin… kinda looks like a praying mantis?"

Leonard looked on. "Well… you never really said what went on in here… all we got was that it was Sheldon's BIRTHDAY…"

Penny mind was all over the place and so were her eyes. They were darting from place to place in the apartment, everywhere but on Leonard. She finally took his hand and patted it with hers. "Look…. Sweetie… I love YOU… we're ENGAGED for God's sake… what difference does it make what went on in here?"

Leonard was starting to see some defensive evasion in Penny's words. This was something he was used to hearing out of his own mouth, so he could tell when he heard it. "You know… Amy and I did the experiment TOO…"

Penny dropped Leonard's hand. "Oh yeah? … What happened… What did you say?"

Leonard could tell Penny was becoming upset. This was not something he was ready to handle. Then again… an angry Penny was something no one was ready to handle… not even FEMA… "Well… ummm… When she asked me who I would like to have d-dinner with… I said… "Honestly? I would want to have dinner with you…"

Penny immediately felt an incredible guilt fall on her shoulders. "Oh…. What did Amy say?"

Leonard looked to the floor. "She said that she would like to have dinner with the Janitor because she was going to Puke… then we stopped the experiment and went out with Raj and Emily".

Penny looked into his eyes. "Aww Sweetie… I'm sorry".

Leonard asked. "So… who did you say YOU wanted to have dinner with?"

Penny shrugged her shoulders and half smiled. "Robert Downey Junior?"

Leonard was confused. "Iron Man?"

Penny shrugged. "I was talking to Sheldon… what did you want me to say…?"

Leonard frowned. "Ummmm maybe ME? What were some of the other questions? Amy shut down pretty quickly."

Penny thought. "Well… there was one where I had to say what my perfect day would be like."

Leonard crossed his arms. "And?"

Penny thought. "That was pretty easy… I was at a cabana by the beach having drinks and then a massage".

Leonard was hopeful. "With me right?"

Penny sighed. "Sort of".

Leonard frowned again. "SORT of?"

Penny took Leonard's hand. "Sweetie of course you were there… just kind of… reading a book… off to the side… out of the sun…"

Leonard was now a little annoyed. "Was there more of this 'PERFECT DAY having a PERFECT MEAL' apparently with Iron Man with me OFF to the side READING a book ?"

Penny sighed. "Leonard you are taking this all wrong… I love you… it was talking with Sheldon… c'mon don't be like this".

Leonard sat slumped. "Was there anything else?"

Penny rubbed his back. "Well, I said that if I could have a super power… being able to change water into wine was not such a bad idea".

Leonard looked over. "You weren't really taking this too seriously… were you?"

Penny sighed. "Sheldon said the same thing… That's when I said that I wished I could be as smart as you guys."

Leonard took Penny's hand. "Penny… How many times do we have to go over this… You're smart… it's just in a different way from us…"

Penny looked back. "We will have to go over that as many times as we have to convince you that I love YOU and you don't have to worry about me going off with someone else…"

Leonard smiled. "Fair enough… was that all?"

Penny looked into Leonard's eyes and scrunched her nose a bit. "We had to look into each other's eyes for four minutes and not say anything… that was the strangest thing…"

Leonard looked puzzled. "Strange? In what way?"

Penny looked down. "Well… we actually didn't stay quiet… so I don't know if anything happened the way it was supposed to… but I still felt something different for Sheldon…"

Leonard was now getting apprehensive. "Different…. Howwww?"

Penny couldn't bring herself to look at Leonard. "I don't know… I mean he is SUCH a Pain in the ASS… but after that four minutes and some of his answers… I told him he felt more like a brother… but I don't know…"

Leonard was afraid, but he had to ask. "How did Sheldon come out of this?"

Penny shrugged. "Pretty much the same. He said I was like a sibling… or a mother figure somehow… He still loved Amy… but we didn't really do the experiment right…"

Leonard cocked his head. "So… what are you saying? That there is now something between you and Sheldon because of some experiment that you practically begged me to do with him?"

Penny sighed. "Sweetie… let it go… I don't know what it means… What I do know is I love you. Now… whaddayasay we go take a shower and pull the cork on this day…" Penny hopped off the couch and pulled Leonard to his feet and led him to the bathroom where they quickly dispatched of their clothes, climbing into the shower and spending WAY more time in there together than they would have if they washed separately.